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Postby kd1966 » Sat Apr 15, 2006 12:53 pm

Along those same lines, I use some free tools from sysinternals.com like process explorer and autoruns to find out where the "nasties" are and if they are replicating. I keep these and other tools on a handy CD (And now a flashdrive) since many folks still are on dialup.

Definately avoid the "warez" sites and anything along those lines; I used to think my security settings and such on my system would not be affected and I used some of those sites to "test" my invincibility. NOT A GOOD IDEA.

This is JMO, but I would also turn off system restore until you finish cleaning
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Postby Neuromancer » Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:51 pm

OMG 2 thing s that are recent in my knowledge


Turn DEP on for anyhting except programs you specifiy.

Man nothing runs!!!


The other thing is rootkitrevealer.

Great stuff. (If you ever had Vista installed you can ignore the tpf files.. .also anything with a size of 0 is considered "safe")
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Postby RipFire12901 » Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:21 pm

I am too lazy to do all this :P

I am going to port my documents to win pro 64-bit and format this OS.

I'll tell you my sucess later *knocks on fake wood* crap
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Postby augie » Sat Apr 15, 2006 5:27 pm

RipFire12901 wrote:I am too lazy to do all this :P

I am going to port my documents to win pro 64-bit and format this OS.

I'll tell you my sucess later *knocks on fake wood* crap


I used to be like that especially with DOS 6 and never learned anything. After my 20th install of XP within a month got me mad enough to fix rather than format though sometimes format's the only thing.

I keep harping to people, keep your documents and apps on a seperate partition so if your OS blows up, you won't lose anything. Have fun! :whistle
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Postby RipFire12901 » Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:29 pm

Ok... I am going to put all my documents onto a seperate partition and then fix up my OS partition :yesnod:
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Postby RipFire12901 » Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:17 pm

HeY :lol:
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Postby augie » Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:26 pm

RipFire12901 wrote:Ok... I am going to put all my documents onto a seperate partition and then fix up my OS partition :yesnod:
Cool man, I'm not saying that you'll never have to back them up as hardware always screws up, but it'll save you lots of time.
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Postby NT50 » Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:49 pm

Neuromancer wrote:
Safe surfing is the best defense.


I'm surfing safer everyday. I got my Safari with java turned off etc etc etc...... :)
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Postby NT50 » Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:32 am

Computer Guru wrote:I didn't know you were a Mac user....


Been 6 weeks now I think. I have switch my everyday system over to a Mac except for my Quickbooks Pro. That will be next week. I'm not dropping Windows due to it is my money maker. I'm just learning the system in hopes of getting about 17 Macs systems in Jackson TN.
I still have my 7 Windows system and will keep them including my Win 2003 Server Enterprise system.
I'm just trying to leatn more and open my mind to the world.

And btw....
I have a G4 iBook, I did not buy the MacBook.
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Postby RRCinci » Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:41 am

We use a product called Ewido a lot to kill off the buggies that infect systems that have been causing me trouble!

There's a 14 day free trial...we install it and then uninstall it(on our customers computers) so they don't have to pay for it. Download it, update and then run it in Safe Mode...it gets rid of a LOT of bad stuff!

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